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Sport360 spoke to Dr. Harmeek Singh, founding father of Plan B Group, to get the low down on this inspiring occasion.
Q. What will make Girls’s Run 2024 such a particular occasion?
The Girls’s Run 2024 is actually a particular occasion, specializing in constructing a robust group. This 12 months, we’re elevating the bar with elevated participation from numerous nationalities, and we’ve partnered with numerous teams to boost help main as much as the occasion. Our working companions, like On the Park, have been instrumental in providing coaching periods each weekend, guaranteeing that ladies really feel empowered to grasp their health ranges and take that essential first step. This motion is about fostering inclusivity and progress, and we’re excited to see how far we are able to go collectively.
Q. How did the thought for the UAE’s largest women-only working occasion come to move?
The thought isn’t nearly me having this imaginative and prescient; it’s at all times been woven into the material of this unbelievable panorama. The UAE has lengthy championed gender equality, even earlier than it turned a widespread motion. Whereas the initiative didn’t begin with the UAE Athletics Federation, I’ve ensured that we’re not limiting ourselves to simply Dubai. We’re engaged on one thing a lot larger—one thing with out borders or boundaries.
This occasion has advanced into an annual celebration that folks genuinely look ahead to. And it’s not nearly girls anymore; males have additionally stepped up, changing into an important help system. I see myself as only a torchbearer, a catalyst for this motion. This occasion doesn’t belong to me—it belongs to everybody.
Q. What can individuals collaborating count on from this distinctive occasion?
I consider that everybody who takes half on this run feels a real sense of belonging. It’s greater than only a race; it’s about experiencing true equality and coming collectively in celebration, with everybody becoming a member of fingers and supporting each other. Whereas it’s a second to rejoice girls, it’s additionally about exhibiting how sturdy we’re as a group once we stand collectively.
Final 12 months, we introduced collectively individuals from over 160 nationalities, and this 12 months, we’re elevating the bar even greater. It’s about making a second of freedom, pleasure, and unity. That is an occasion you don’t need to miss—it’s all in regards to the wins, the features, and the unbelievable journey we share collectively.
Q. How vital is creating the sense of group for Girls’s Run 2024?
The sense of group is completely very important as a result of this isn’t only a run—it’s a motion. We’re creating one thing a lot larger, with pop-up occasions occurring virtually each month, generally 4 to 5 occasions, bringing individuals collectively often. It’s not nearly what number of kilometers you run or how far you go. It’s about how a lot you’re contributing to constructing a platform that champions girls supporting girls, sharing data, beginning contemporary, and specializing in each facet of well being—bodily, psychological, and emotional.
We’re ensuring these vital parts are highlighted, so it’s not simply in regards to the run; it’s about coming collectively and rising collectively. That’s why the sense of group is so vital—it’s what offers everybody that real feeling of belonging.
Q. How does Girls’s Run 2024 cater for all totally different ranges of runners, from inexperienced persons to specialists?
When anybody companions with us, it’s about becoming a member of a group, changing into a part of an even bigger circle. Even in the event you’re simply beginning, it’s step one towards one thing you’ll really take pleasure in being a part of. It’s not simply in regards to the run; it’s about trying round and realising that if others can do it, so are you able to. It’s all about creating a place to begin the place everybody finally reaches the identical stage, sharing that journey collectively.
When you get into it, you’ll really feel that sense of belonging and turn into an integral a part of this platform. We’re not nearly internet hosting occasions; we’re about constructing an area the place everybody feels they belong and the place everybody can develop collectively.
Q. Plan B run a variety of occasions. The place does Girls’s Run 2024 match into your portfolio?
This isn’t simply one other occasion for us—it’s a passion-driven platform. The Girls’s Run isn’t one thing we see from a enterprise perspective; it’s one thing we genuinely consider in. That’s why, regardless of the various hurdles and challenges we’ve confronted (and proceed to face), we push by means of with unwavering dedication. For us, it’s not nearly assembly a requirement; it’s about staying true to a imaginative and prescient we’re all deeply obsessed with.
Q. How vital is the help of Dubai Sports activities Council for Girls’s Run 2024?
Help is extremely vital for an occasion like this, particularly when you think about the imaginative and prescient of Dubai and the UAE for women-centric initiatives and gender equality. This platform is the most important of its form within the area, and because it continues to develop, the backing of organisations just like the Dubai Sports activities Council is important. Their involvement helps us attain out to everybody who helps us, performing as a cornerstone of our efforts within the sports activities group.
The help from the Dubai Sports activities Council means a lot—not simply from a advertising and marketing standpoint, but in addition in fostering a way of belonging. We’ve seen their real ardour for this trigger, and so they’ve turn into equal companions on this journey. It’s essential for them to see this occasion not simply as a sequence of actions, however as a group platform that aligns with our shared imaginative and prescient.
Q. What did you need to obtain with Girls’s Run?
We need to emphasise that this isn’t nearly us organising an occasion; it’s about creating one thing for your entire group. This occasion really belongs to everybody, and for it to thrive, we have to empower others to take up the baton as torch bearers. This 12 months, we’re introducing extra women-centric options, and we’re dedicated to breaking stereotypes. It’s very important for males to step ahead and help platforms that uplift girls.
Because the chairman of the Girls’s Run and the founding father of Plan B Group, I try to steer by instance. I’m proud to be a person supporting a women-focused initiative. I’m additionally concerned within the upcoming first GCC Menopause Summit on October 18 on the Museum of the Future.
Collectively, we are able to break down stereotypes and work towards a good and equal society the place everybody has a spot. This imaginative and prescient aligns with the inspiring management we’ve within the UAE, and we’re dedicated to following that path.